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  • noun A thermosetting plastic

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  • adjective having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured

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Examples

  • Antonius Broekhuis and colleagues note in the new study that so-called thermoset plastics are widely used in consumer electronics due to their hardness and heat resistance.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • The desk is made from high quality polyurethane thermoset plastic with either silk matte or glossy finish.

    The IGL-jet Desk by Ernest Igl 2009

  • There is nothing to burn, so they burn their own, the stiff frozen twists of the unfortunate packed into thermoset stoves and lit with the dried dead fur of a squirrel or mouse.

    365 tomorrows » J. Loseth : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

  • Moving upwards and towards the interface/boundary we observe thermoset conservatives that require medium heat to shift to common sense positions on vital issues.

    Farmers smiling in the rain. Glyn Davies 2008

  • The thermoset grouping is set in their ways and will only budge if a LOT of heat is applied to them.

    Farmers smiling in the rain. Glyn Davies 2008

  • Reinforcement of thermoset and thermoplastic resins by asbestos fibers was used to develop products for the automotive, electronic, and printing industries.

    Asbestos 2008

  • If one can visualize a bucket – a bucket with a layer of thermoset plastic at the bottom of the bucket with a layer of thermoplastic on top.

    Farmers smiling in the rain. Glyn Davies 2008

  • There is nothing to burn, so they burn their own, the stiff frozen twists of the unfortunate packed into thermoset stoves and lit with the dried dead fur of a squirrel or mouse.

    365 tomorrows » 2006 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006

  • Now some of the thermoset conservatives at the bottom of the bucket, and furthest away from the interface between thermoset/thermoplastic boundary, are very set in their ways.

    Farmers smiling in the rain. Glyn Davies 2008

  • If I might use some chemical/scientific terms, there are thermoset Conservatives and thermoplastic Conservatives.

    Farmers smiling in the rain. Glyn Davies 2008

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